Subscribe Online issue In print Archives Classifieds Advertise Customer Service Search AGI Home	November 29 Earthquake strikes Indonesia again November 23 Giving federal science advice November 17 Travels in Geology: Utah's slots November 12 More challenges to evolution November 12 Powerful earthquake strikes Indonesia November 5 Past warming for the future November 4 Iceland volcano erupts Webextras Archive Travels in Geology Archive Read last month's Geotimes presidential election poll results. Geotimes Poll What is the primary source of your winter heat? Heating oil Natural gas Electricity A hot fireplace Other/Don't know How do you think your heating costs this year will compare to last year's? Higher Lower The same Don't know
Methane Hydrate and Abrupt Climate Change Large release of natural gas from ice-like structures located on the seafloor may have played an important role in global change millions of years ago. Gerald R. Dickens Gas Hydrates as a Future Energy Resource With natural gas prices on the rise, many researchers are looking into the potential of making gas hydrates, both onshore and offshore, a viable resource. Timothy S. Collett Technology: Detecting Marine Gas Hydrates So they may be a future energy resource and indicators of past climate change, but how do we find them? Naomi Lubick	News Notes Genesis crashes with pieces of the sun Impacting the origin of life Monitoring aboriginal rock art Taking the fossil out of fuels Parenting Psittacosaurus Fuel economies, Part II Fish advisories on the rise Restricting satellite data access Mount St. Helens erupts in activity Geophenomena Beneath the Bermuda Triangle Could giant bubbles of gas released from the seafloor be responsible for the infamous disappearances of ships and planes in the Bermuda Triangle? Megan Sever Education Connecting People to Science in the Himalaya One geologist took her work to the next level — bridging both cultural and scientific gaps between students in Nepal and the United States. Beth Pratt-Sitaula Trends In Search of the Goodwill Moon Rocks: A Personal Account An undercover agent for NASA recounts his experiences tracking down both bogus moon rocks and real moon rocks smuggled out of the countries that own them. Joseph Richard Gutheinz
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ON THE COVER Sometimes called "fire in ice," methane hydrate, shown here sustaining its own combustion, is one of a group of gas hydrates that consist of light natural gases trapped in ice-like cages. Some researchers think the hydrates played a role in past climate change, and others are looking into their potential as a source of energy. Read more about hydrates throughout the issue. Photo by J. Pinkston and L. Stern/U.S. Geological Survey. Upper right: Five Navy Avengers similar to those shown here disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle on Dec. 5, 1945, during a routine training mission. Read about scientific investigations into the Bermuda Triangle. Photo courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation.	Coming Soon... Later this month: Trends: In Search of the Goodwill Moon Rocks: A Personal Account; Geologic Column: Pick up your pencils, please December: Oil Hot Spots Get your copy of the new 2005 AGI Publications Catalog! E mail jr@agiweb.org for more. Visit the Geotimes archive to search for past stories.

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